System of delivery and transportation



(No Model.) S Y G. H. HERRINGTON.

SYSTEM OF DELIVERY AND TRANSPORTATION. No.- 280,620.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ZMW v |i|1i|i I 417g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. HERRINGTON, OF VVIOHITA, KANSAS.

SYSTEM OF DELIVERY AND TRANSPORTATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,620, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed April 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HERRING- TON, of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved System of Delivery and Transportation, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the delivery and transportation of goods, merchandise, milk, &c.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.-

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved apparatus for the delivery and transportation of goods, merchandise, &c. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the spring-catch on the end of the wire or cable, and a longitudinalelevation of the carrier.

Astandard or post, A, is-erected at the side of the roadway, and to the same two bracketarms, B, are secured, in the'ends of which a vertical rod, G, is held on the side of the standard and parallel with the same. A grooved pulley, D, is journaled in an L-shaped frame,

through which the rod 0 passes between the pulley and the horizontal shanks of the frame.

To the downwardly-proj ecting shanks of the frame E a rod, F, is pivoted, which passes through an eye in the end of a guide-arm, G, secured to the standard. The rod 0 is held in the manner described to the window-frame H, or to some other suitable part of the house, and on the said rod a pulley, D, runs, which is also pivoted in a frame, F, provided with a rod, F, as described above. pivoted to the horizontal shanks of ea'chframe E, and through the upper part of the said frame a rod, I, passes loosely, to the outer ends of which rods I awire or thin cable, K, is fastened, which extends from the house to the standard A. Aspiral spring, L, surrounding the rod I, has one end secured on the rod, and the free end rests against the inner surface of the outer end of the casing J.

Below the rod I a latch-lever, M, is pivoted in the casing J, to swing up and down, one end of which lever projects through an opening, J, in the end of the casing, and has its outer end beveled and provided with a hook-head, F. The outer end of the latch-lever M is A casing, J, is

pressed downward by a spring, 0, attached to the end of the casing J, or by any other suitable spring. A rubber or other bumper or buffer spring, P, projects from the bottom of .he outer end of the casing J. The inner part of the upper edge of the latch-lever M is beveled downward toward the rear. On the inner end of the rod I a downwardly-proj ecting trigger-arm, Q, is fastened, the lower end of which is beveled. On the wire or cableKtwo grooved pulleys, R, rest, which are journaled in upwardly-projecting arms of a carrier-frame, S, provided at each end with an upwardly-projecting hookhead, S, the ends of which are beveled downward and outward. A wire or other hanger,

T, from the lower hook end of which a pail,

basket, 860., can be suspended, hangs down from the middle of the carrier S. The standard A is to be of such height that persons on the sidewalk cannot reach the pail, &c., suspended from the carrier.

The operation is as follows: If goods, &c., are to be delivered at the house, the pulleyframe at the house is raised by means of the rod F, and the pulley-frame 011 the standard A is lowered in a like manner, so that the wire or cable K will be made slack from the house toward the standard A. While raising the pulley-frame-E at the house, the pail, &c., is suspended from the carrier, which is held tothe frame J at the house. By lowering the pulley-frame F at the standard A the wire or cable K is strained, and thereby the rod I of the casing J at the house is drawn in the direction of the arrow at, causing the trigger Q toact on the inner beveled end of the latchlever M and to depress the same, whereby the outer end will be raised and will release the carrier, which runs down the wire or cable K to the casing J at the standard A and catches on the hook-head N of the same, and is thus locked in place automatically. The goods, merchandise, or other articles are then placed in the pail, &c., and the pulley-frameE at the standard A is raised and the. pulley-frame at the house is lowered. The carrier is again released automatically in the manner described, runs toward the house and locks itself on the casing J. The bumpers or'buffer-springs P stop the carrier and prevent noises when the carrier and latch-levers M come together. It

is necessary that the carrier is held at the raised end of the wire until the other end islowered, so that the carrier will attain the required momentum to carry it the entire length of the cable or wire, which frequently has but a slight incline.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the L shaped frame having guide-arm G, of the rod C, the pulleyD, the frame E, and the pivoted rod F, whereby frame E may be raised or lowered, as described.

2. The combination, with a wire or cable stretched between two suitable support s, ol' the rods (1, the pulleys l), journaled in frames E, the rods 11, spring-catches at the ends of the cable, and the carriers S, suspended from the cable, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a wire or cable stretched between two suitable supports, of the vertically-adiustable casings J, the rods 1, to which the ends of the cable are thstened, the springs L, the latch-levers M, pivoted in the casings, and the carrier S, suspended from the cable and provided with hooks or catches at the ends, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

l. The combination, with a wire or cable stretched between two suitable supports, of the vertically-adjustable casings J, the rods 1, to whichthe ends of the cable are fastened, the s iiriugs L, the latch-levers H, pivoted on the casings, the trigger-arms Q on the rods 1, and the carrier S, provided at the ends with hooks or catches, substantially as herein shown and. described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a wire or cable.

stretched between two suitable supports, ol'

the vertically-adjust'able casings J, the rods 1, to which the ends ofthe cable are fastened, the springs L, the trigger-twins (Q, the latch levers M, the butl'ers l, and the carrier S, provided with hooks or catches at the ends, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

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